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Sunday, August 28, 2022

It won't be for everyone, but Funny Pages is a solidly-crafted dark comedy

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  Funny Pages , the feature-length directorial debut of Owen Kline, lets you know right away if this movie is going to be up your alley. We...
Thursday, August 25, 2022

Three Thousand Years of Longing is a flawed, but grand exploration of storytelling

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  Three Thousand Years of Longing may hinge its plot on wishes, but this is primarily a cinematic ode to the power of stories. The way we te...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

They/Them is one of the years most staggering misfires (SPOILER REVIEW)

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MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD
Saturday, August 20, 2022

The Territory pulsates with rebellious and subversive vigor

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  "It's important to record, because then you have a weapon," - Bitaté Within the Amazon rainforest, the indigenous Uru-eu-wau...
Monday, August 8, 2022

Bullet Train is a bumpy, albeit occasionally fun, ride

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Imagine you're eating a meal that, while it's sliding down your throat, tastes really good. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but i...

Bodies Bodies Bodies isn't a perfect horror/comedy, but it is a fun one

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  Some of my favorite Far Side comics involve drawings of two places or organizations that should never be next to each other (like individu...
Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Prey delivers the first true hit among the Predator sequel

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  Samuel Johnson once said that "when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." Simila...
Friday, July 29, 2022

Thirteen Lives is tedious rather than inspirational

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  When making a movie based on a real-life event, it's important to ask what you hope to accomplish in this project. You don't have ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

DC League of Super-Pets isn't super, but it is frequently amusing

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The big screen adaptations of DC Comics properties have garnered a reputation for being too serious, sometimes for good reason. But in the l...
Friday, July 22, 2022

Nope Spoiler Discussion Review

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MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR NOPE FOLLOW

The Gray Man is more forgettable than anything else

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  If there's anything positive to say about The Gray Man , it's that directors Anthony and Joe Russo feel much more comfortable here...
Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Go ahead and say "yep" to Jordan Peele's newest winner, Nope

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There will come a day when writer/director Jordan Peele helms a dud. It's bound to happen. Every filmmaker has a movie that just doesn...
Sunday, July 17, 2022

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is an agreeably pleasant trip

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  Based on the novel of the same name by Paul Gallico, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is such a gentle movie that it makes something like Downto...
Monday, July 11, 2022

Thor: Love and Thunder doesn't pack as mighty a wallop as Thor: Ragnarok

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  Sometimes, you just can't escape the shadow of your predecessors. Such is the problem facing Thor: Love and Thunder , which serves as ...
Saturday, July 9, 2022

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song shines in its most introspective moments

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  No piece of art solely belongs to the people who make it. When we look at and experience a painting, film, statue, or any other form of ar...
Thursday, July 7, 2022

The Black Phone calls up some solid entertainment

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  Adapted from a short story by Joe Hill, The Black Phone spends much of its first act establishing a bleak world for adolescent sibling pro...
Monday, July 4, 2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru is a largely amusing, albeit disposable, kid-friendly comedy

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Writing a review for Minions: The Rise of Gru feels like a somewhat pointless exercise. Maybe that's why I've waited four days sin...